Tukneb



` To Am; WHOM .1T MAY. eoNoEnN.:

@nti-teh tetes stmt ffir.

'TURNER SAUNDERS, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

Leer81 aimf1v0.6 2,2'2e,vdated February 19,1867.

@he Srigemle tsfertzhio in time eitirs. iateut, nii nmkinqintt nf tlgelisams.

' Beit known 4tllnt I, TURNER SAUNDERS, of thuicity of Memphis, in the county of Shelby, and Statevof Tennessee, have invented a'now Improvement in 'Cotton-Scrapers; and I lo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, end exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled inthe srt tomake sind use the same,

reference vheing hed to the hccompunying drawings, forming a part of lthis specification.

. This invention consists in attaching a scraperto a plough in such a. manner that the cottonjplantsqmay be'plougbed or barred QE and scraped at one operation. Hitherto` the cotton hasv been plough'ed or bei-red 0E' with an ordinary turning plough und n. scrnper afterward useal, the lutter implement 'being .rather diieultqto menage,'and not permitting the'eaith -to be'scraped evenly'v from'Y the plants.' My'improveient admits of the two operations specified being. performed Vsimultaneously'anglwith the greatestl facility, thereby effecting a great saving in ,lahorand performing the work in a more perfect' manner thanusun'l. In the accompanying sheet of drawings-"-- 'Y Figure 1 isa. sideview of my inventiom,

Figure 2 a. front vieu" of the sume.

Similar letters of'reference indicate 4like purtsf v A, repreeents the inonld-.boardof an ordinary turni-,ng plough, B 'jt'he standard tbereof,'mid C the lend-side" vr`bnr. the latter 'being 4considerably lon-ger than usual, as shown-in 6g. 1.v .D is escraper, nttached to .the lend`-A .side bar 'near its rear end, and,extendng outward therefrom, said scraper. having a. portion',' 1, which' is'slig'h-tly inclined from' a horizontnl plane, and n vertical .pottioin ait the ou'ter end ofthe portion a, as sliown learlyi.

in fig. 2. This scraper' may-be constructedof steelor other suitable metal. .The .scraper,it will' Vhe seen by Areferring to g.- 2. extends considerably outward from theright-hand side of the lend-sido hennndtin? usingthe implementl the ploughbars o' or 4costs the earth frein the row of plants, while the scraper will scrape otlie earth quite close to' the row, 4and without danger o fvinjnring the plants. .The scraper, in oo nsequenceof 'being' v attached to the-lnnd-side of the plough, runs'steady, and, consequently, it may be guided jvvith precision close to the-plants. The scraper, when usedaloneis ratherdiiieult to manage; being light, it islieble to he deflected from` its coursefeither to the rghtorleft, soletirixes working close to the plants nml injuring the si.nie,and then moving o`- from them unfLlenving` a. wide strip-of earth unscrnped, which greatly nugments thejlabor of the after hocing operation if th'eweeds are tn ken fully out. I

My invention fully obviates this didicultybe'side-s reiiucug greatly the expense of cultivatingY cottonandv insuring the work being done in thorough ond-perfect manner.

Having thus described my invention, what; .clain as nemend desire to secure by Letters.Pntent, is The combinotionoi'- the scraper and plough, thefparts being constructed and arranged to operate in the 'inanner substantially-Was and for the purpose here'liuset forth.

The above specification of my invention sig'xreiifby me this 24th day of November, 1866.

' TURNER s AUNnERs. 

